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Ember’s Challenge
The morning after the breakup, Ember found the Magistrate’s limousine standing by at number Twenty-five in Purple Vale. She had been waiting, her palms sweating. Now, as she stepped out of her home, she turned one last time toward the place where she had so many memories with her mom. She threw a kiss to the wind, hoping that her mother could somehow feel her love.
She was like the walking dead after last night with Will, her heart shattered in a million pieces. Now this. Her march toward an unknown, but certainly bleak future. Losing Will. Leaving home. Living with the Magistrate. It was all too much.
Her Alt measured extreme distress as she trudged down the sidewalk. Blinking and vibrating. Who cares? My Alt will be no longer used anyway. I won’t be treated the
